Coronavirus and Conspiracy Theories, with Michael Shermer

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🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and Michael Shermer, author and Founding Publisher of Skeptic Magazine, investigate the rise of conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	This is Star Talk.
0:18.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:21.0	With me is my comedic co-host Chuck Knies, Chuck.
0:24.0	Hey, Neil, how are you?
0:26.0	Still tweeting a Chuck Knies comic?
0:27.0	Thank you, sir.
0:28.0	Yes, I am.
0:29.0	Having to remind people that you're a comic.
0:31.0	Well, I have to remind myself that I'm not worried about them.
0:37.0	It's me that I'm concerned about.
0:40.0	So this is going to be another in our multi-part series on different angles into the coronavirus.
0:48.0	And in this particular episode we'll be addressing coronavirus conspiracy theories.
0:54.0	Oh my goodness.
0:55.0	So we're going to be here for a few days.
0:57.0	I know.
0:59.0	And more broadly, skepticism and science literacy.
1:02.0	And how do you invoke that?
1:04.0	Coronavirus is one example how we can invoke skepticism, but there's no end in this list.
1:11.0	And there's only one person who can only one ideal candidate guest for this.
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